Updating a previous report, San Diego Chargers NT Antonio Garay is the most apparent situation where the team can create additional roster and salary cap space in 2013. He signed a two-year contract in 2012 that paid a base salary of $825,000, with a $750,000 signing bonus. In 2013, his base salary is $3.5 million with an additional $1.5 million bonus if he's on the Week 1 roster. None of that $5 million is guaranteed, so a release would clear the books for the team, leaving only $375,000, the prorated sum of last year's signing bonus, in dead money against the cap moving forward.

San Diego Chargers DT Antonio Garay and LB Takeo Spikes are not expected to return to the team at their current 2013 salaries. Garay is scheduled to make $5 million in 2013 while Spikes is scheduled to make $3 million.